The School of Cinematic Arts looks forward to receiving your application for admission. The Admissions Office is available to assist you during the application process and can be reached at 213-740-8358 or admissions@cinema.usc.edu with any questions.

Please note that students are admitted to a specific semester and cohort within the School of Cinematic Arts. As such, deferrals are not typically granted for any of our programs outside of verified medical circumstances. If a student is unable to attend for the term they were admitted to, they are welcome to re-apply for a future term. In submitting this application, students confirm their intention to enroll for the term of admission and have no plans to request a gap semester or year if admitted and accepted.

The application process and requirements vary by incoming status and program. Please review the procedures detailed below for first-year/freshmen, external (non-current USC) transfers, current USC transfers or graduate applicants.